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Alistair Darling

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.

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Alistair Darling means that financial systems and institutions should support and enable the production of goods and services in the actual economy, rather than controlling or dominating it. He emphasizes that finance should work to help businesses and people in the real world, not dictate their actions or priorities.

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